Carteret Kid
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How far back can the frontier hunter use of personal billys or tin corn boilers be documented? When did they become common use?
Not really, a short search turned up this thread, pay attention to post #5 of the topic;So there is no anachromism in a colonial hunter with a personal cook kit.
These are not documented, but are called "corn boilers"How far back can the frontier hunter use of personal billys or tin corn boilers be documented? When did they become common use
Correct! That or brass...I think the HBC sold plain copper pots, no inside tinning but I may be wrong.
These are not documented, but are called "corn boilers"
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This is a ACW mucket.... stay away from the hinged lid...,
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This is an early 20th century lunch box or a berry bucket. Now it's only documented back about 120 years, but I own two and wouldn't balk at using it on a trek...
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Now a brass kettle with "ears" tinned or not, is correct for a trade kettle for trade to Indians, so why not ?
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Now you can always carry a couple soldier's drinking cans to boil water in the fire. This one holds 16 ounces
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NOW..., take one of the above (mine is brushed steel not fancy tin as pictured) and what I did was to take a nail and punched a hole next to the handle, and one exactly opposite. Then I took steel wire and made a bale to hang it over the fire. NOTE..., the bale must be next to the handle, so that when there is no stick to hold it over the fire, it will rest against the top of the handle and stay upright so you can take it from the fire AND when the bale is down it does not get in the way of your lips if you're trying to drink a hot beverage... them silly muckets put the bale ears right where your mouth should go. My phone broke so I drew in the bale on this photo for ya, as I couldn't get a photo of my actual one, ....
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The above is NOT set-in-stone.... it could change tomorrow when some enterprising archaeologist unearths what we thought were 19th century kettles and they get dated to the longhunter period....
LD
Are these pics from Goose Bay? I have one of their Corn Boilers from 15-20 years ago. I love it. It's well made and just a very neat object. It's one of my very favorite pieces of kit.
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